Round 4: 2017 Photo of the Year - Voting Now Closed

Here we go, the semi-finals of the 7th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest powered by SRAM are kicking into gear. With more than 335,000 votes cast we are down to the top 4, in the running for their piece of $10,000 in CASH.

Below are the Round 3 matchups and who won each after the votes were cast. Once you see whether your favorites made it through, head on over to the voting page and cast your votes for the next round!

The winner will join John Wellburn, Toby Cowley, Sterling Lorence, Christoph Laue, Sean Lee and Steve Shannon in the Pinkbike Photo of the Year Hall of Fame.

What's at stake? $10,000 CASH! • Winner will receive a check for $5000• Runner-up will receive a check for $3000• Other semi-finalists will each receive $1000

In addition, this year we also have user prizing for voters courtesy of SRAM. One lucky Pinkbike reader that votes for the Photo of the Year will win a set of Code RSC Brakes with Centerline rotors and a SRAM GX Eagle drivetrain.

How can I enter for a chance to win the SRAM Code RSC Brakes with Centerline rotors and a SRAM GX Eagle drivetrain?By simply voting as we progress to the eventual Photo of the Year winner, you will be entered for a chance to win. One entry per user per round goes into a random draw for the prize.

@TheR: Lol. The roost was quite a dynamic photo. It's just a little weird... I vote for something, and then I wait, and the available options change, and I have to pick new ones, which I often wouldn't have picked. Then I have to vote for one of two, neither of which I like more than some other photo that lost. Oh well, such is the layout.

I still love that shot of Gwin from Isac Paddock. Perfectly timed, perfect body positioning, steely determination. Would have that on my workshop wall for sure. I mean I'd have all these on my workshop wall but yeah, just sick.

@ccolagio: Also from the photo technical point of view the eyes are super important. Now imagine Gwin going in your exact direction in warp speed and manage to focus pecisely on his eyes. I'd love to zoom in that stunning picture in full resolution.

I was thinking the opposite, how did it win in the last round against that sea bridge shot? I think it is such a boring photo, yeah they went to a cool place but rider is doing something fairly generic and the light is doing nothing special, it is a good photo but not compared to the sea bridge shot if you want to talk about unique terrain and the timing to get that sunset shot is just as amazing I think.

I'm not ever a fan of contest for this reason. The starting selection is more a showcase of talent than it is a contest, and by the time it gets down to the end it loses that big impression. Look at the final winning photos in a contest like Red Bull Illume and compare it back to the original short list and it's the same result, even when the voters are photo editors and not website members. But since it's a contest there's no way around it, and someone has to be the "winner"

@davetrumpore: I agree and feel great sympathy with your view; but even the original 32 were a subset. We all only have attention for just so much and no more. As I write this though I get the feeling that the ONE misses the diversity of this sport/game/adrenalin rush/meditation that we all love so much.

Amen. Looking at Round 4, I'm guessing the final will be Satchel Cronk vs Robb Thompson, with Satch eventually crowned POTY. Are the photos cool? Yes. Do I think the results should be different? Sure. But that's opinion... hence the contest. Honestly, pretty much all were awesome. But the contest format could change...

Maybe the rider size related to the background probably is why it isn't getting picked, just a bit bigger would have made this one awesome. The other nature ones just don't do it like this one. The reflection is sick!

It's been my favourite from the start. I love pictures that make me wonder where the rider is coming from or going. especially when it looks like thier at a good clip. plus to make that scene look good the photographer needed some talent and effort.. that my take on it

Top respect to the best bike photographer i've ever seen (loveyourjobdave), but Trumpore's photo wasn't ''better'' than the Indian guy. That craziness has something more, it is not easy even to take a shot with reflex also snowed mountains. Think on it guys! Maybe next year take the creator name out...

Looks like Dave's Madeira shot is a favorite to win. We should be so appreciative of the photographers heading out chasing race after race to take these amazing action shots for us. It's difficult to capture a live, non-staged action race shot of such quality. Poor guy was probably covered in leeches as he snapped that shot haha.